SMARTPHONE USAGE AMONG DOCTORS IN THE CLINICAL SETTING IN TWO CULTURALLY DISTINCT COUNTRIES: CROSS-SECTIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDY

Smartphone Usage Among Doctors in the Clinical Setting in Two Culturally Distinct Countries: Cross-sectional Comparative Study

BackgroundSmartphones and mobile applications have seen a surge in popularity in recent years, a pattern that has also been reflected in the health care system.Despite increased reliance among clinicians however, limited research has been conducted on the uptake and impact of smartphone usage in medical practice, especially outside the Western worl

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LMFD: lightweight multi-feature descriptors for image stitching

Abstract Image stitching is a fundamental pillar of computer vision, and its effectiveness hinges significantly on the quality of the feature descriptors.However, the existing feature descriptors face several challenges, including inadequate robustness to noise or rotational transformations and limited adaptability during hardware deployment.To add

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Seasonal fluctuations of small mammal and flea communities in a Ugandan plague focus: evidence to implicate Arvicanthis niloticus and Crocidura spp. as key hosts in Yersinia pestis transmission

Abstract Background The distribution of human plague risk is strongly associated with rainfall in the tropical plague foci of East Africa, but little is known about how the plague bacterium is maintained during periods between outbreaks or whether environmental drivers trigger these outbreaks.We collected small mammals and fleas over a two year per

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